Historic Casanova Liquor

One of the best beer selections I have ever seen. I was in town from San Diego, made a blind stop and was pleasantly surprised by what I found. Think Harry Potter wand store, but for beer! Friendly and knowledgeable staff and bar none the best bottle selection. Plus you can buy singles of anything! Can’t wait to come back.

Casanova has tons of AMAZING beers that you can’t get in MN. This visit we stocked up on the New Glarus, Toppling Goliath and Dogfish Head beers, but wished we could take even more home with us. It’s in a quaint little area of Hudson that is great to wander around and check out the local watering holes. It’s a good addition to a little Sunday Funday mini-​road trip day.

The First time I went to Casanova’s was on orders from my Hubby not to bother return home from WI with out Spotted Cow. (I think he was joking, but I have not chanced it) The beer selection is truly superior. Including a section called Not available in Minnesota. That isn’t what really makes Casanova’s great. It’s the service. They have a huge amount of knowledge hidden in those over crowded aisle. Just ask for help and the eyes light up. They can help you pair wine with food, they can also help you pair beer with food or liquor. They could give a class on they different types of fermentation. (I have heard them explaining what an ale is for example) They do all of this while keeping a WI casual no pressure atmosphere. Warning parking can be limited on Sunday and there are no indoor bathrooms. Porta pottys outside. So if you have to go stop somewhere before you get there or hold it. Unless you happen to be a cyclist and are use to that type of accommodation.

Casanova is such a good beer store that we sometimes take a little road trip from Minnesota to see what there is to see. We are never disappointed. They have a really large selection for such a small store and can fit pretty much any budget or any taste. We generally take the opportunity to stock up on New Glarus while we’re there — you can really never have enough Spotted Cow in the house. And we really enjoy poking around to see what else we can find. We never leave empty-​handed, and we always find something unusual and unexpected. For beer freaks, it’s really almost paradise. Casanova gets all kinds of beer and not just run-​of-​the-​mill stuff. If you’re into craft beer, bring your wallet and come when you have some time to properly browse.
One other word on the growler selection. Oh man, talk about craft beer heaven. There is a rapidly rotating list of beers available for growler fills that is truly mind-​boggling sometimes. Somehow, Casanova manages to get 3 Floyds from Chicago and a number of other beers that we consider real treats. Check their Facebook page for the current listing and head on over before they tap out of whatever it is that you crave.
Completely and totally worth the trip every time.

Beer lover’s paradise!
They have no less than 18 draft craft brews available in growlers. Ranging from 6.99−18.99, with the average full growler being about about $ 12!
Incredible selection, friendly and knowledgeable employees and a sweet labradoodle to love on you.
Best liquor store anywhere.

Filled 2 growlers of Toppling Goliath Golden Nugget & Central Waters Coffee Stout with my Beachwood BBQ & Bootlegger’s growlers. Wow what a concept! No children died, no animals harms, global warming did not escalate, unemployment rate did not escalate… filling growlers from other breweries would not cause the apocalypse, who would have known?
Open on Thanksgiving 9 to 21. Lots of New Glarus, Ale Asylum, Lucid, Oso, Sweetgrass… stuff you might want for a CA resident.

Love that there is a resident dog a labradoodle named Stella… well this liquor store is close to my new digs and it looked pretty dang cool sitting up against a big rock wall so I felt inclined to wander on in. The guys there are nice and did not get all up in my business like some liquor stores tend to do when you are just browsing. it has a cave like feel which was perfect for the Halloween season. big selection on hard liquor and wines. Prices seemed comparable to everywhere else.

Stopped in a few days ago after having dinner in town. Was happy they still had bombers of The Bruery’s Autumn Maple! Didn’t buy anything else, but loved their large selection of craft beers! Loved that they had an ice container by the counter to chill your beverages!

I realize I am a lower review here than most, and this low review has nothing to do with the service here, which I have found to be consistently solid. My low review is entirely attributable to their beer selection and prices. As a Minnesotan, I can’t get all the delicious and wonderful beers that are available in Wisconsin, so I make a trip to Hudson about every other month for some fun beers. My first stop is Chicones and my second (and last) is Casanova. I have found that Chicones has consistently better prices and better selection (I can often find Three Floyds at Chicones, and never have at Casanova). There is also more cold beer at Chicones. Casanova certainly has more character, and like I said, has consistently great service, but looking through the beer-​only lens, I have to give lower marks.

Casanova Liquor must love that Minnesota can’t sell liquor on Sundays. They have the great pleasure of being right over the border and for selling spirits to Minnesotans to ease the pain of a Vikings loss.
They have a great selection packed into a smaller store, so it can be a bit tight at times. But I enjoy the atmosphere. It’s like that awesome dive bar down the street that feels like home. And they have a flash cooler, to chill that brew in a minute!

this place rates up there with southview liqueurs and southlyndale for beer. They have a huge random beer selection. The staff is very friendly. all i have to say is the selection is great!

Great beer selection, great wine selection and a must stop for me every time I pass through Hudson or am forced to cross the river from MN on Sundays due to a combination of poor planning and archaic laws.
Their beer selection runs the gamut from domestic macros to hard to find craft beers. Additionally, they’ll also fill growlers from a rotating stock of keg beers they have available (not uncommon to find Fitger’s, some limited release New Glarus, etc.).
Prices are reasonable, the staff are consistently friendly and if you’re feeling peckish you can stop in the wine bar next door for a bite and libations — it’s places like Casanova’s that make me miss living in Wisconsin.

Fantastic beer selection, including many unusual and hard to find treasures. Very solid wine selection as well. Super-​friendly staff, open on Sunday, and… GROWLERS!
Everything a liquor store should be.

Every once in awhile, I’ll make a run to Hudson for beer. This will be for one of two reasons:
1) It’s a Sunday and well you know the MN liquor laws
2) I need to restock on New Glarus
My top spots are Chicone’s and here, Casanova. Even though one of the reasons above are my motivators to trek all the way out here, these two liquor stores are top notch in terms of craft beer selection.
Overall, Chicone’s is a little cheaper but Casanova has a better selection of single bottle craft brews. My routine is to pick up some New Glarus at Chicone’s then swing by Casanova to brows their current stock.

The lack of liquor sales in MN on Sundays is downright dumb. Jesus was a partier, he wouldn’t have approved of it. Whatever, without that law, I probably never would have found this gem.
Solid beer selection, fair prices, sells on Sunday. Everything you need. Plus they have a lot of beers that are difficult or impossible to get in MN. New Glarus, Capital, Dogfish Head, Three Floyds, etc.
On a side note, if you’re a Minnesotan making the trip, be aware that it is illegal to transport more than a liter of liquor, or 288ozs of «fermented malt beverages» across state lines. Make sure to bring your CB radio and be on the lookout for Smokey

No one told me about Sunday liquor laws in Minnesota when I agreed to move out here from NYC. It was a cold shower of reality, and luckily Casanova has saved me a few times.
The best part of driving out to Casanova on a Sunday is that:
a. the beer selection makes you feel like you’re in the best Oregon brew pub
b. the wine selection makes you feel like you’re in the best San Francisco wine bar
Their staff is great. I’ve seen them treat someone buying a 40 ounce at 10am with the DT’s and someone buying a case of $ 40/​bottle Pinot with the same level of great respect.

Thank god Wisconsin knows people don’t stop drinking on Sundays. Several times I’ve been headed back from Wisconsin, out of beer, and realized it’s Sunday. Quick, take the last exit in Wisconsin on 94! (Or first exit if you’re making a Bee Double Ee Double Are You En.)
They know they are the place to go if you are from Minnesota. Vikings and Twins paraphernalia adorn their building along with Brewers and Packers. I think Casanova might be the one spot the rivalries are put aside, and Minnesotans and Wisconsinites remember what they have in common– A love of Beer.
It kind of feels like Minnesota is a 20 year old, and Wisconsin is the cool 21 year old friend who buys you beer.
I’m okay visiting my drinking buddy neighbors to the east, tossing aside the hate, and living down to the alcoholic perceptions the other states have of the two of us.
(Side Note: This is the closest place to find New Glarus from Minneapolis. Someday the factory will be able to bring it to Minnesota.)

Casanova Liquor was once home to the Casanova Brewery; in fact, the caves used to store the beer are still used. Ask one of the people who work there about it.
GREAT beer selection with the largest «by the bottle» selection I’ve seen. Great to visit if you live in MN as they have a number of beers we can’t get (Bear Republic, Three Floyds, Oskar Blues, New Glarus to name a few).
Beautiful location on the side of the hill just up from the St. Croix. Highly recommended.

a cool long time Hudson WI liquor store with a great selection of beer, whiskey and wine along with everything else, it can be real popular for the Minnesotans who always seam to forget that the liquor stores are closed there on Sunday and don’t stock up on Saturday

The inability to buy real beer, wine, and spirits in Minnesota on Sundays is, of course, a treasonous offense. With a spirit of righteous civil disobedience, I decided one Sunday that I could not suffer under this tyrannical law any longer. I did some basic searching and found the closest Wisconsin liquor store with fairly easy directions and headed east.
I have not felt the need to visit another.
Casanova’s is, quite truly, a really nice liquor store. A mere half hour or so east of the Twin Cities, it is tucked into a strange little building which is itself tucked into a quaint little hillside. The selection of beer, wine, and liquor within it rivals most liquor stores back here in the cities. As a beer nerd, I am thrilled at the selection of beers they offer that don’t find their way into our state (like New Glarus and Dogfish Head). Obviously their liquor buyer knows a little something as well since I’ve found some excellent brands there that I couldn’t find here in town.
The staff is friendly, knowledgeable, and will likely make good-​natured fun of you when you show them your Minnesota driver’s license. I’ve never visited the restaurant/​wine bar (which is closed Sundays), but based on my experience at the liquor store I would leap at the opportunity.
Fight the man. The next Sunday you find yourself high and dry, head east to Casanova’s and collect your reward.

Great place! Since it is in Wisconsin, you get get real booze on Sundays and holidays. Great selection of wines, the owners know their stuff, and the restaurants is nice, too!